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Flaghouse Homes
The Flaghouse Homes were a Baltimore segregated public housing project built in 1955. They were located in the Jonestown, Baltimore, Jonestown section of Southeast Baltimore North of Little Italy and East of downtown bounded by Pratt Street on the South, Baltimore Street on the North, Central Avenue on the East and President Street (Baltimore), President Street on the West. They were demolished in 2001. Trivia The Flaghouse Homes are shown in ''Homicide: Life on the Street'' in episodes 6.1-6.3, the three part sixth season premier titled as "Blood Ties (Homicide: Life on the Street), Blood Ties". They are mistakenly called the Perkins Homes, Baltimore, Perkins Homes, a nearby housing project. This is proven in the following manner: The Flaghouse Homes were North of Little Italy, Baltimore, Little Italy across Pratt Street unlike the Perkins Homes which are east of Little Italy across Central Avenue (Baltimore), Central Avenue. Additionally, the Flaghouse Homes were High-rise bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltimore
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was designated an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851, and today is the most populous independent city in the United States. As of 2021, the population of the Baltimore metropolitan area was estimated to be 2,838,327, making it the 20th largest metropolitan area in the country. Baltimore is located about north northeast of Washington, D.C., making it a principal city in the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area (CSA), the third-largest CSA in the nation, with a 2021 estimated population of 9,946,526. Prior to European colonization, the Baltimore region was used as hunting grounds by the Susquehannock Native Americans, who were primarily settled further northwest than where the city was later built. Colonist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
